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elderly definition

eld·erly (el′dər lē)

adjective

  1. somewhat old; past middle age; approaching old age
  2. quite old; already in old age; aged
  3. not current; outmoded

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elderly Idioms

the elderly

elderly people as a group

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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